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Brazil
Brasilia, Federal District
Vinicius Moreira
"
Mamute
"
AGE
35
/
Feb 28, 1989
HEIGHT
6'4"
/
193.04 cm
WEIGHT
205 lbs
/
92.99 kg
ASSOCIATION
Five Rounds
CLASS
Light Heavyweight
Wins
14
KO
/
TKO
2
14%
SUBMISSIONS
12
86%
DECISIONS
0
0%
Losses
8
KO
/
TKO
4
50%
SUBMISSIONS
1
13%
DECISIONS
3
38%
BIOGRAPHY
Born Vinicius Moreira Castro
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
win
Andre Miranda
JF - Jungle Fight 131
Oct / 19 / 2024
Submission (Kneebar)
3
0:28
win
Maico Machado
Soldado Combat 3 - Moreira vs. Machado
Aug / 24 / 2024
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
1
1:23
win
Daniel Bucher
Soldado Combat - Circuito de Lutas Casadas
Feb / 04 / 2024
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Vandeir Silva
1
1:04
win
Wilian Roberto Alves
Fight Music Show - FMS Fight Night
May / 12 / 2023
Submission (Armbar)
1
0:53
loss
Sergey Dyakonov
MMA Series 53 - MMA Series Russia
Jun / 24 / 2022
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
loss
Mikhail Mokhnatkin
OFC 15 - Open Fighting Championship 15
Dec / 19 / 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
3
5:00
loss
Alexander Maslov
OFC 9 - Open Fighting Championship 9
Aug / 27 / 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Maksim Protasov
5
5:00
win
Rodrigo Duarte
BFS 1 - Brazilian Fighting Series 1
Aug / 08 / 2021
TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
1
5:00
loss
Isaac Villanueva
UFC on ESPN 20 - Chiesa vs. Magny
Jan / 20 / 2021
KO (Punch)
Jason Herzog
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
2
0:39
loss
Paul Craig
UFC Fight Night 159 - Rodriguez vs. Stephens
Sep / 21 / 2019
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Dan Miragliotta
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:19
loss
Eryk Anders
UFC on ESPN 3 - Ngannou vs. Dos Santos
Jun / 29 / 2019
KO (Punches)
Vance Swerdan
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
1:18
loss
Alonzo Menifield
UFC Fight Night 143 - Cejudo vs. Dillashaw
Jan / 19 / 2019
TKO (Punches)
Dan Miragliotta
VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY
1
3:56
win
John Allan
Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series Brazil - Season 1, Episode 3
Aug / 11 / 2018
Submission (Triangle Choke)
Jason Herzog
2
3:40
win
Jason Radcliffe
SFL 2018: Semifinals - Old Scores to Settle: Haryana Sultans vs. U.P. Nawabs
Mar / 11 / 2018
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Alan Fenandes
1
4:07
win
Sachin Kumar
SFL 2018: Northern Rivals - Sher-E-Punjab vs. Haryana Sultans
Mar / 02 / 2018
Submission (Armbar)
Alan Fenandes
1
1:24
win
Amit Thapa
SFL 2018: Do or Die - Haryana Sultans vs. Mumbai Maniacs
Feb / 17 / 2018
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Alan Fenandes
1
1:05
win
Jose Aparecido Santos Gomes
SFL 2018: Ruthless Aggression - Haryana Sultans vs. Bengaluru Tigers
Feb / 10 / 2018
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
2
N/A
loss
Rafael Celestino
Shooto Brazil - Shooto Brazil 77
Oct / 27 / 2017
KO (Punches)
Joao Claudio Soares
1
2:27
win
Renan Ferreira
Fam Fight - Fam Fight Night
Sep / 03 / 2016
Submission (Armbar)
Sergio Garca
1
3:37
win
Vinicius Lima
TWC 3 - The Warriors Combat 3
Aug / 13 / 2016
Submission (Keylock)
Cezani Moutinho
2
4:39
win
Gustavo Moralis
MF - Magal Fight 1
Apr / 16 / 2016
TKO (Punches)
Alexandre Negao
1
1:54
win
Gabriel Scheufler
Fight K - Aguia
Oct / 11 / 2015
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Renato Carneiro
1
2:57
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